This issue had once come up for the first time to my knowledge during a class I attended, that companies do check the social accounts of their employees especially before employment in some bigger companies. Their reason is mainly for the image of the company, not to be seen wrongly by the public because of an employee.
And yeah, I do see the sense in that action and to a very good extent, I'm in support of companies going that length for the safety of their company, this safety actually extends to all the workers in it, not just the image. If a company is made to look bad, it might go under and workers will lose their jobs so workers have a responsibility too.
Why am I focusing on the possibility that a company could look bad because of some employee actions? Well, I've heard of a story like that and the company regretted employing him without a particular condition. How people use social media wrongly now is alarming, you'll find the ones that their everyday lives are online.
Let me share a short story, A guy took a shot of himself at his house, uploaded it to the public, he took another as he left his house for a business purpose, uploaded it again, at the airport, he uploaded another announcing he's traveling for a potential good business deal. Well, this guy came back to find his house robbed and looked empty.
It turned out he didn't know when he uploaded the location of his house in the picture, he's a celebrity considering his number of followers and so, he got some bad eyes on him unluckily but luckily to them for his uncontrolled social media uploads. That story made me realize that not everything should be shared with the public.
So with such instances and the fact that some people posts very unnecessary things that most times don't even relate to their dreams, or the company's goal as regards the kind of employees they want to have, I don't see anything wrong with them asking to check their social media accounts before employment will be given out.
I for one wouldn't want to just join trends and upload what's not related to what I do or unnecessary things that will only draw all sorts of attention including the bad ones, so I'll gladly share my handles with a company if it's my dream job. This wouldn't be the case for many as they feel it's their privacy, a privacy that's public lol or they know the kind of things they do post.
Companies asking for such detail before employment is a sign for the public to know better ways to handle their social media accounts even if they are celebrities online. Well, I want to believe that anyone who really has a dream job that's very realistic will act more cautiously to get it, there's no point posting unnecessary things online if you have a good focus on what you want and how to get it.
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